Acts 14:17:3Acts.14.17.W3TAB
ἀμάρτυρον
amartyron
“without witness”
- Transliteration
- a-MAR-ty-ron
- Extended
- ah-MAR-tyh-ron
- IPA
- /aˈmar.ty.ron/
Meaning by language
- English
- without witness
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
a-MAR-ty-ron
- sentence
KAI-toi ouk a-MAR-ty-ron hau-TON a-PHÊ-ken a-ga-thou-ER-GÔN ou-ra-NO-then hy-MEIN hy-e-TOUS di-DOUS kai kai-ROUS kar-po-PHO-rous em-pi-PLÔN tro-PHÊS kai eu-phro-SY-nês tas kar-di-AS hê-MON
Exegesis
The phrase ouk amarturon {οὐκ ἀμάρτυρον | ouk a-már-ty-ron} ‘not without witness’ uses a litotes (negated opposite) to strongly affirm that there is indeed clear testimony.
In context — Acts 14:17
Yet He did not leave Himself without witness, doing good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness .
About this coordinate
Acts 14:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 14:17, so the Greek word ἀμάρτυρον (amartyron) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.14.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.17.W3.S1) and character.